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The crack of the bat was a stunner, jolting the sellout crowd at Chase Field into a frenzy. Light-hitting Alek Thomas, who had lost his spot in the starting lineup because of consistently weak at-bats, had just provided the most important swing of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ storybook season. Thomas hit a tying, two-run homer in a three-run eighth inning, Gabriel Moreno followed with a go-ahead single and the D-backs stunned the Philadelphia Phillies with a 6-5 victory Friday night that tied the National League Championship Series at two games each.

PHOENIX (AP) — The crack of the bat was a stunner, jolting the sellout crowd at Chase Field into a frenzy. Light-hitting Alek Thomas, who had lost his spot in the starting lineup because of consistently weak at-bats, had just provided the most important swing of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ storybook season. “I was just screaming […]

On Friday, Alek Thomas and Gabriel Moreno sparked a rally that showed one of the key traits of this Arizona team: They will not go away.

Marte caps his three-hit afternoon with the game-winning single in the ninth inning, rookie Brandon Pfaadt pitches 5⅔ scoreless innings and Arizona cuts its series deficit in half by rallying for a 2-1 win.

PHOENIX (AP) — Philadelphia's hot bats went down in a wave of whiffs.